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Women in Tech: Simone Sabbione from Meliodays Medical
“If men menstruated, there would already be a solution.” This sentence wouldn’t let Simone Sabbione go and became the spark for her first founding. In 2022, the healthtech startup Meliodays Medical was created. Together with her team, consisting of her husband Martin Sabbione and her brother and gynecologist Dr. Benjamin Wolf, the business graduate developed MelioOne: a hormone-free, locally effective therapy for menstrual pain. In an interview, the CEO of Meliodays Medical talks about what she knows today about founding and when the right time is to do it—and what she would ask Elon Musk. First published on: April 14, 2025
Meliodays Medical and Celanese develop hormone-free IUD against menstrual pain
The Munich medtech startup Meliodays Medical is cooperating with Celanese in the development of MelioOne – a hormone-free IUD for localized relief of menstrual pain.
Meliodays Medical: Hormone-free treatment for period pain
A hormone-free IUD for period pain – doesn’t exist yet? Well, it will soon! Meliodays Medical is developing MelioOne, an innovative, locally-acting alternative to conventional painkillers. Simone Sabbione, CEO and co-founder, talks about how the idea came about and where the startup wants to be in five years.
Meliodays Medical secures 800,000 euros in pre-seed financing
Meliodays Medical has successfully completed an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round and receives over 800,000 euros. The capital is to be invested in the development of an innovative therapy for menstrual pain.